12: A number you can count on

We totally understand if you have 12 on the brain today, what with it marking that unique 12/12/12 on the calendar.

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Then there are the number's more spiritual connections. And we don't mean numerology.

"In the Bible the significance of the number 12 is that it represents divine authority and appointment," Wagner-Krankel says, noting 12 is found more than 180 times in the Bible, including the number of Jesus' apostles and his age when he first appeared to the public.

Then there are the number's more spiritual connections. And we don't mean numerology.

"In the Bible the significance of the number 12 is that it represents divine authority and appointment," Wagner-Krankel says, noting 12 is found more than 180 times in the Bible, including the number of Jesus' apostles and his age when he first appeared to the public.